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Professors González-Bailón and Mutz to Participate in Research Partnership with Facebook

González-Bailón and Mutz will advise how data might be divided into subsets for further study.

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Desmond Patton Receives Award from the Society for Social Work and Research

The Early Career Achievement Award recognizes the beginning of Dr. Patton's research career in the field of social work.

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New Study: Responses to Grief Predict Aggressive Tweets Among Gang-Involved Chicago Youth

An analysis of thousands of tweets identified two main themes in Twitter usage among gang-involved youth in Chicago.

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Research Finds Tipping Point for Large-Scale Social Change

This tipping point — roughly 25% of people — applies to any kind of movement or initiative.

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New Report Finds Partisan Politics Drives Americans' Attitudes On Surveillance

Political ideology impacts how Americans feel about surveillance far more than do income, age, gender, and race/ethnicity.

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Using Research in Digital Rights Advocacy: Understanding the Research Needs of the Internet Freedom Community

An Internet Policy Observatory report seeks to understand how research is used within advocacy efforts.

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Social Media Can Complement Surveys on Public Health Issues

A new study suggests that social media conversations can be used to monitor and predict people’s attitudes and knowledge about Zika.

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Lokman Tsui (Ph.D. '10) Interviews Oscar Gandy on Personal Data Protection, Privacy, and Surveillance

Gandy studies privacy and surveillance and is the author of The Panoptic Sort.

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New Book by Sandra González-Bailón: Decoding the Social World

The book examines how our digital footprints can help solve paradoxes that have long intrigued social thinkers.